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June 24:

  • 1692 - 江戸幕府が富くじ禁止令を出す。
  • 1804 - 間宮林蔵が宗谷海峡を探険。
  • 1864 - 幕府、神戸に海軍操練所を開く(頭取・勝海舟)が封切り。
  • 1931 - The Tokorozawa Army Flight School achieves its first successful mid-air refueling.
  • 1958 - Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupts, killing 12 and injuring 21.
  • 1985 - Singer Matsuda Seiko and actor Kanda Masaki are married. 35% of television viewers tune in to watch.
  • 1988 - It is reported that Recruit, a real estate and telecommunications company, sold shares of its subsidiary Recruit Cosmos Co. to a number of politicians before taking the stock public.

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